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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Payescape has been a great payroll platform for our business. The whole team provides great support, and I want to give a special shoutout to Charlotte, who is always incredibly helpful whenever I spe... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Payescape just make the whole payroll process so simple. The portal is excellent, it has been developed over time and all changes are improvements. If on a rare occasion the portal does not do what yo... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

you try logging on absolute joke, every time i try to log on with face recognition from original set up cant, reset password joke have to scan QR code how when its on my phone, now deleted APP, why... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My company uses Payescape for Payroll, HR and scheduling. I joined after it was selected and I must say the team have been fantastic to liaise with. The integration between systems allows us to speed... See more

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Company details

  1. Payroll Service
  2. Accounting Firm
  3. Business to Business Service
  4. Financial Institution
  5. Human Resource Consulting
  6. Non-Bank Financial Service

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Payescape is one of the UK’s fastest growing Payroll, HR and Time Management providers. Our cloud-based technology coupled with world-class customer service is revolutionising how businesses today manage their employees. Our automation of labour-intensive payroll and people management tasks is freeing up businesses to focus on their core strengths and adding real value to their business. Payescape removes the administrative burden from your workload and delivers simple, effective, and reliable online Payroll, HR and Time Management solutions. With hundreds of satisfied customers throughout the UK, we understand the intricacies of payroll and HR legislation, so you don’t have to. And our dedicated team of CIPP and CIPD certified professionals are always on hand to provide the expert support you need when you need it. Payescape provides the following services: - Outsourced Payroll Service - Fully managed Payroll Service - Payroll Software Only - HR Software and Service - HR Consultancy Service - Time and Attendance Management - Access Control Services


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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Everything just works

Everything just works, and email queries are answered quickly. Also, unlike most service providers UK based people always available if we need to call to ask urgent questions.

20 June 2023
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Reply from Payescape

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide a review. It is great to hear that you are happy with our service. Fast response times are something that we pride ourselves on and it is always pleasing to hear that our efforts are appreciated. Thank you!

We at PayEscape appreciate your business and positive feedback and we wish you every future success for you and your business.

Thank you
PayEscape

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unfortunately

Unfortunately, my employer uses them and they ruined my PAYE big time, they can't even get the tax code right

16 March 2023
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Reply from Payescape

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide a review.

We are sorry to hear that you were not happy with our service provided to your employer. Should you have any further concerns please contact your employers payroll team, we can then liaise with them as the authorised contacts to resolve any issues you may have.

Thank you
PayEscape

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

VERY HELPFUL AND PROFESSIONAL

Zara was very helpful and a pleasure to work with.

18 April 2023
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Reply from Payescape

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide a review. We’ll make sure to feed this back to Zara.

We at PayEscape appreciate your business and positive feedback and we wish you every future success for you and your business.

Thank you
PayEscape

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great tool to process your payroll, support is awesome!

We moved to Payescape per April 2023. We used to outsource the payroll but are now able to do the payroll ourselves, even though we are no UK payroll experts (based in Netherlands).

The implementation process was quick and easy. You have a dedicated implementation account manager and they will help you if needed. Response time is quick.

We just finalized our 3rd pay run and the portal is straight forward and our implementation account manager is still there to help us with anything.

What we love:
- Quick response time from support
- Easy to navigate portal
- Able to run the whole payroll yourself without needing a 3rd party
- Able to generate all draft payroll files before approving the pay run
- No extra charges for things like adding a new pay component

15 June 2023
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Reply from Payescape

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide a review. It is great to hear that you’ve had such a good customer service experience and that you are impressed with the functionality of our payroll solution. We’ll make sure to feed this back to our payroll implementation team.

We at PayEscape appreciate your business and positive feedback and we wish you every future success for you and your business.

Thank you
PayEscape

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

5 STARS

Payescape are always there to help and support and have made our life easier with their knowledge and great customer service. They have taken the burden of Payroll, Time & Attendance and HR Admin away from us.

1 May 2023
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Reply from Payescape

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide a review. We are pleased to hear that you’ve had a five star experience and that you are benefiting greatly from our services. We at PayEscape appreciate your business and positive feedback and we wish you every future success for you and your business.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Poor Communication and Slow Service

We started with the service in October 2022. The implementation was problematic and communication was poor. It took until February 23 to resolve the outstanding issues with me chasing constantly to get any answers. The last 2 months of processing payroll online has been slow and I'm told it's due to the number of people accessing it at the same time, which I think is a poor excuse for a payroll system. I have tried several times to process payroll today before I go on annual leave but the system is having Technical Issues. Technical issues happen, but I have received no communication and have no idea when it will be working. All in all generally poor.

20 April 2023
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Reply from Payescape

Hi Sarah,

Many thanks for your feedback, and allowing us to investigate further.

We are disappointed to learn you were experiencing issues yesterday, and failed to receive a full explanation. For clarity, there was essential maintenance work being carried out on the portal, by our Development Team, that related to enhancements and updates of the functions. Whilst we fully appreciate that this impacted your user experience, and that you did not receive a full explanation at the time, we do want to emphasise that the maintenance updates will be highly beneficial once completed.

In the interim, we do wish to express our apologies for any oversight in communicating this to you, and that we have now asked your personal point of contact to reach out directly; with the aim of providing some additional support towards streamlining your services and communication reference going forward.

We look forward to speaking to you in due course.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Highly recommended

I've been using Payescape for a few years now and I must say they have THE BEST customer service skills I have ever come across. The team are always willing to help with anything they can.

3 February 2023
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Reply from Payescape

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide a review. It is great to hear that you’ve had a five star customer service experience. We’ll make sure to feed this back to our payroll service team. We at PayEscape appreciate your business and positive feedback and we wish you every future success for you and your business.

Thank you
PayEscape

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

The implentation when on for over a…

The implentation when on for over a year not sure why , which when I join the company I found alot error within implentation they did eventally get sorted , but the operation was brilliant and the level service was amazing but the damage has been done with the implentation team but Sarah in operation was amazing but it was too late by then

3 February 2023
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Reply from Payescape

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide a review. We are sorry to hear that your implementation did not go as expected. We’ll make sure to feed this back to the team to better understand the circumstances.

We are pleased to hear the positive feedback regarding our operations team and we will share your feedback with Sarah. The team at PayEscape wish you every success for you and your business.

Thank you
PayEscape

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Good Company, Good Service

We outsourced our payroll to Payescape earlier this year. Overall we are very satisfied and happy with the service provided. Implementation went well and in a fairly short time scale. At all times the staff at Payescape are helpful, knowledgeable and supportive. There are occasional errors/blips but they are resolved quickly. We are happy with the choice we made when outsourcing our payroll and have signed up for HRescape as well.

25 October 2022
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Reply from Payescape

Hi Stephanie

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide a review. It is great to hear that you are happy with our services and find our teams helpful and knowledgably. We’ll make sure to feed this back to our payroll experts. The team at PayEscape appreciates your business and we look forward to supporting you with our HR service too.

Thank you
PayEscape

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A* service, friendly and knowledgeable staff

We made the decision to move from inhouse payroll to an outsourced payroll provider due to a large increase in staff number which made the admin burden of payroll inhouse too inefficient and the cost of outsourcing more cost effective.

We have been blown away by the excellent customer service and would like to give a particular mention to Emma who give us so much detail about the system prior to signing up and Rebecca who has been instrumental to the smooth implementation and transition of the payroll process.

Our first months payroll went seamlessly and we could not be happier with the service, features of the package and fantastic team who have been incredibly helpful with any queries we have.

If you are thinking about outsourcing payroll I would highly recommend using Payescape - you will not regret your decision.

19 July 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Expect to be hung up on!

Had the unfortunate privilege of speaking with Craig on the phone who hung up on me after I cancelled the meeting to view a demo, I explained politely that we no longer needed the demo over missing features that we did not see advertised on their site and rather than being professional about it, he had the nerve to give me attitude over the phone, guess we defiantly won’t be choosing Payescape for our HR needs! Way more professional businesses exist.

10 May 2022
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Reply from Payescape

Good morning Ghost,

We are disappointed to hear about the experience you have received during your recent enquiry with our team.

PayEscape provide a wide range of HCM solutions, and we regret that we did not clearly ascertain your needs.

Your feedback is valuable to us, and we will be investigating this matter further.

Thank you for your feedback

Kind regards
PayEscape.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We are really happy with your services!

We are really happy with your services!
Everyone is always very helpful, and anytime we have an issue we always have support.

1 April 2022
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Reply from Payescape

Hi Catarina,

Thank you for your review, we are glad to hear you are happy with our services and find our team helpful. We are proud that our team are always there for you when you need them.

Kind regards

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Our Safety Net

We are a Recruitment Company solely for Event & Festival Staff. Payescape, and their Staff have been an absolute blessing and we genuinely could not function without their support. Last year coming out of lockdown faster than anticipated, and having already made the decision to use a 3rd Party company for Payroll, they assisted us every step of the way.

As we exploded in growth almost overnight, and with the sheer numbers of Staff that we were recruiting (at it's busiest, payrolls of nearly 600 staff), Payescape guided us through the chaos.

I am not one for writing reviews, but I can honestly say, Payescape and their incredibly (endlessly) patient, professional and friendly team - were our Safety Net.

We are so impressed with them, we are working with them to adopt into our systems some of their other services.

9 March 2022
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Reply from Payescape

Hi Sara

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide a review. It is great to hear that you’ve had a five star experience using our outsourced payroll services. We’ll make sure to feed this back to our payroll experts. The team at PayEscape appreciates your business and positive feedback and we wish you every success as your business continues to grow

Thank you
PayEscape

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Always friendly, always helpful

The team at Payescape are always friendly and super helpful. We have worked with them for years and I know that this is not about just one single person and I can say that everyone I have linked with there by email or directly have been brilliant.

2 March 2022
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Reply from Payescape

Hi Paul,
Thanks so much for your review. It is great to hear that you’ve had a five star experience using our outsourced payroll services with PayEscape. We’ll make sure to feed this back to our payroll experts. The team at PayEscape appreciates your longstanding business and positive feedback.

Thank you
PayEscape

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Payescape has massively helped us as a…

Payescape has massively helped us as a business and me with managing payroll. Before it was extremely heavy lifting and time consuming to run payroll. With the Payescape team by your side and running the payroll this has saved me so much time to focus on what we do best as a business.

19 January 2022
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Reply from Payescape

Hi Sam,
Thanks so much for your review. We are pleased that you are experiencing the benefits that PayEscape brings to your business. We’ll make sure to feed this back to our teams. The team at PayEscape appreciates your business and positive feedback and we look forward to supporting you in the future.

Many thanks
PayEscape

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